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Daphne Larkin
July 12, 2012
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NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University
announces accreditation for undergraduate nursing program
NORTHFIELD,
Vt. – Norwich
University officials announced that the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education’s (CCNE)
board of commissioners granted accreditation to the School of Nursing’s Bachelor
of Science in Nursing (BSN) program for five years, extending to June 2017, the
maximum accreditation term achievable for an initial review.
“CCNE is
the premier accreditation body for nursing education and having its full
approval validates the quality of the program,” said Valerie McCarthy, director
of nursing. “The university, faculty and students take pride in this
accomplishment, and now both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs at
Norwich are accredited by CCNE.”
The
BSN Program at Norwich University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036,
(202) 887-6791.
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Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that
educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as
civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and
distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University
was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army.
Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States
of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
(ROTC). www.norwich.edu
